BORN: - - 1968 - - - - - EDUCATION: - - 1999-2002 Royal Academy of Arts Schools, London MA Fine Art Painting 1996-1999 Central Saint Martins College of Art and Design, London BA(Hons) Fine Art Painting - - - EXHIBITIONS: - - 2007 Primo Alonso, London Rui Matsunaga – Paintings and Drawings 2007 Trumen Brewery, London Celeste Art Prize Finalist 2007 Gallery Primo Alonso, London I’ll be your Mirror 2006 10th Planet, Unit A04 Tower Bridge Business Complex, Bermondsey, UK 2006 Liverpool Biennale, Liverpool (UK tour) I’ll be your Mirror 2006 Dean Clough, Halifax Jerusalem 2006 Sartorial Contemporary, London Heathen Threshold 2006 Danielle Arnaud Gallery, London Outdoors 2005 Nunnery Gallery, London (Curated by JJ Charlesworth) We have Left the City Gates 2005 Wooster Projects, New York New London Kicks 2005 Jerwood Space. London RAdical 2005 SohoHouse, New York NLK 2004 Flaca Gallery, London Zoo Art Fair 2004 Liverpool (Toured nationally) Le Petit Paysage 2003 Kyoto Art Centre, Japan trans- 2003 Studio J, Osaka, Japan -portal 2002 Michael Goedhuis Gallery, London Post-Otaku 2002 Contemporary Art Society, London Blood Auction - - - AWARDS & RESIDENCIES: - 2003 Lexmark European Painting Prize Finalist, Eyestorm Gallery, London 2003 Kyoto Arts Centre Residency, Japan 2002 Royal Academy School of Art Fellow 02/03, London 2002 May Cristea Award for Painting 2001 Landseer Award for Painting 1998 Arte Viva Residency, Senagallia, Italy 1998 Cohn and Wolfe Awards 98 Finalist, Lethaby Gallery, London - - -